Scripture for Life

Scripture reflections for every Sunday

The official image for the 10th World Meeting of Families was released July 28, 2021. The image, created by Jesuit Fr. Marko Rupnik, depicts the Wedding at Cana. (CNS/World Meeting of Families)

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: The hour has come

Jan 15, 2022

Scripture for Life: "My hour has not yet come." Jesus' reply was not enough for Mary. Representing her needy world, she told the servants to do what Jesus bid them, knowing that when that happened, all would be well.

A child is pictured in a file photo being baptized at a church in Mexico City. (CNS/Reuters/Edgard Garrido)

The Baptism of the Lord: Be like Jesus, trust the Spirit

by Mary M. McGlone

Jan 8, 2022

Scripture for Life: After allowing himself to be baptized, Jesus heard the divine voice say, "You are my beloved Son." Jesus had received not just a baptism, but an affirmation and a naming.

The Adoration of the Magi is depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Mary of the Isle Church in Long Beach, New York. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

The Epiphany of the Lord: Look to the Magi as models

by Mary M. McGlone

Dec 31, 2021

Scripture for Life: As a synodal people, let us be on the move, discerning the signs of our times while refusing to be awestruck by self-important leaders. Let us share the Magi's humble curiosity.

A Nativity scene given by Panama's Embassy to the Holy See is pictured at an exhibition of 100 Nativity scenes at the Vatican Dec. 7, 2018. (CNS/Paul Haring)

The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Mass at Dawn: God's entry into everydayness

by Mary M. McGlone

Dec 24, 2021

Scripture for Life: Today, we celebrate God's entry into our everydayness. Our Nativity scenes remind us that God has taken flesh like ours as one of the humblest. Luke invites us to enter into the scene with both the shepherds and with Mary.

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Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: The hour has come

The Baptism of the Lord: Be like Jesus, trust the Spirit

The Epiphany of the Lord: Look to the Magi as models

The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Mass at Dawn: God's entry into everydayness

Fourth Sunday of Advent: 'Blessed are you who believe!'

Third Sunday of Advent: A fiesta of love and liberation

Second Sunday of Advent: Take the road of transformation

First Sunday of Advent: Our boomeranging prayer

Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe: 'What have you done?'

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Apocalyptic times call us to act

Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: We are all vulnerable

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time: Enlarging our tents

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: What it was like to be Jesus

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: To be great, be a servant

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: A story of inheritance

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: Made for each other

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Room for everyone

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Power, service and love

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Whose disciples are we?

Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Faith comes from Christ, community

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Reassessing laws and traditions

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time: Scandalously ordinary

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: A practical creed

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Invited to imitate Christ

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